Election 97

Blackburn

Current MP Jack Straw
Conservative 97 11,690
Labour 97 26,141
LibDem 97 4,990
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 2,784
Elected party
Blackburn

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Blackburn
Conservative 92 20,606
Labour 92 26,633
LibDem 92 6,332
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 1,407
Elected party Labour

The Lancashire textile town of Blackburn was long associated with Labour Party doyenne Barbara Castle and is now represented by arch Labour reformer Jack Straw. This is a very mixed seat with comfortable suburbs and poor inner-city areas with a substantial Asian electorate. Like many northern textile towns, there is a significant Conservative vote here, but not enough to unseat Labour, even in Labour's 1983 electoral disaster.


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